Abnormalities of sexual function and interest

Margison, Frank

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“…Sexual intimacy and sexual activity result through a complex interplay of psychological, biological, social and cultural factors. The diagnostic or therapeutic understanding of sexual function is linked to biological and psychological sexual theories, where the expression of sexual functioning is seen to result through the phases of desire (to engage in sexual activity in the first place); arousal (excitement and the associated physiological changes that prepare the body for intercourse), and orgasm (Margison 1997).…”

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“…It should be evident that there are conceptual problems in defining what sexual dysfunctions are, especially if dysfunction is itself a normal part of the ageing process. Margison (1997: 127) informs us that, ‘It is still unclear whether some abnormalities of sexual function are true disorders or reflections of societal views’. Given this social construction of sexual dysfunction, and a concomitant absence of empirical data as to what constitutes ‘normal’ or ‘abnormal’ functioning, the American Psychiatric Association’s definition of the dysfunction ‘lack of sexual desire’ contains the rider that this must further ‘cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty’ (Potts and Bhugra 1995: 168).…”

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Sexual satisfaction, quality of life and the transaction of intimacy in hospital patients’ accounts of their (hetero)sexual relationships

Daker‐White

Donovan

2002

Sociology Health & Illness

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Twenty-three people attending hospitals in a city in southern England were interviewed to explore their perceptions and experiences of sexual dysfunction and satisfaction, and the relationship between these issues and subjective understandings of quality of life. Their responses are examined to inform theories concerning the relationship between intimacy and sexuality in heterosexual relationships. Disturbances to sexual function are framed by wider social realities and echo sociological understandings of disability and chronic illness. Informants' accounts utilised a mechanistic 'urge' model of sexuality, although issues of intimacy and emotion were central to their understandings of quality and satisfaction. Sexual activity in the relationship was understood as a mutual exchange of intimacy, suggesting a construction of sexual intercourse as a form of transaction between gendered sex 'workers', mimicking commodity relations. Accounts of the devastation brought by sexual dysfunction reflected highly socialised expectations of sexual performance. There is a need for further theoretical and empirical scrutiny of the relationship between sexual function and quality of life.

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confidence: 99%